This Department of Health (DH) advice is for anyone who comes into contact with children and families while working, including: social care practitioners health practitioners early years
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Predatory men suspected of grooming children for sex could be stopped immediately if a new type of banning order was introduced by the new government, local government leaders have said.
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A High Court judge has raised concerns about children in care being held in police custody for too long as a result of going missing and being found. Mr Justice
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A packed lecture theatre welcomed keynote speaker Dr Ray Jones, Professor of Social Work and author of ‘The story of Baby P, setting the record straight,’ to Southampton Solent’s Itchen
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Barnardo’s Scotland knows from our direct work with families that children affected by parental imprisonment are an extremely vulnerable group who often suffer in silence, unseen and unheard by statutory
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More needs to be done to repair families instead of rescuing children and putting them into care, Health and Social Services Minister Mark Drakeford has said at a looked after
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The key to preventing child sexual exploitation is stopping young people who are “determined to put themselves at risk”, from running away from care homes, the chief constable of Greater
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The Government has been accused of failing to take action to help the nation’s most vulnerable youngsters. There has been an “alarming reluctance” by the Department for Education (DfE) to
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Many local councils are struggling to offer a good standard of care and protection for their most vulnerable youngsters, inspectors have warned. Children’s social services are still under “intense pressure”
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Vulnerable children are finding adoptive families faster thanks to an improved system for matching prospective parents with youngsters from across Scotland. The new improved website for Scotland’s Adoption Register, which
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